About Vangueria madagascariensis J.F.Gmel.
Vangueria madagascariensis J.F.Gmel. is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to the African continent. It is commonly called Spanish-tamarind, tamarind-of-the-Indies, or voa vanga, and it produces edible fruit. It is the type species of the genus Vangueria, and was first described in 1791 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin. Its native distribution includes Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa (found in KwaZuluNatal and Transvaal), Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania (including the Zanzibar Archipelago) and Uganda.
